THE LESS NOBLE SEX

Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 1993, 2^nd pr.  ISBN 0-253-20830-0.  Trade soft cover, 224 pages including Notes, Bibliography, and Index.  Very good; wraps have very light edge wear, small corner bends; binding tight with no reading creases.  Small spot at lower inside wrap and lower front end paper; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; black & white illustrations.  ‘Ranging over literature from philosophy, cosmology, theology, and science, Nancy Tuana examines theories of woman’s nature to illustrate the way scientific literature, from Classical times through the late nineteenth century, has been influenced by – and has in turn affected – religious and philosophical tenets. / Tuana provides a framework for understanding the persistence of the Western view of woman as inferior.’ (from rear wrap)